Alidade

Graduations-On one edge of bar "YARDS" 0-1000 "2 INCHES TO 1 MILE", the other edge 0-12 "INCHES 10THS & 50THS".
Sights-Two hinged sight vanes 3.25" (8.2cm) long. One sight vane has a vertical slit, the other has a rectangular aperture with a thread. Both sights connected by a piece of string.
In a leather case.

Object Details

ID: NAV1363
Type: Alidade
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Date made: 1915
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 15 mm x 405 mm x 45 mm
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